The super-agent said the industrial action has grown out of a dissonance between studio executives and actors, writers, and creators. “They are born from misalignment of artists, and what they do, and the businesses and what they do,” he explained.
Lourd said there is now an “urgency” to bridge this divide, resolve the strikes, and commit to a period of “healing” otherwise it could “destroy what is an amazing industry.” He added: “I think the relationship between the executives and the creative branch just has to be much, much closer.” The strikes started with writers’ putting their pens down in May, meaning walkouts have been ongoing for five months. Lourd, who has